The 6 Queer Short Films at Sundance 2026
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.

An experimental dance piece conceived in response to the pandemic of 2020 which explores issues of separateness, isolation and skin hunger. Being deprived of touch has a detrimental effect on our mental and physical health and being stroked at 3cm per second is thought to reduce stress levels as oxytocin increases.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
Starring Jake Gyllenhall and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, 'Ambulance' is a film not only about a bank heist gone wrong, but also about brotherhood.
The French-born director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s strategic choice to entrust the interpretation of a conventional, feminine character to a non-binary actor pays off: Corrin’s Lady Chatterley is awkward, edgy, and uninhibited at the same time.
If Top Gun needed to say it, Top Gun: Maverick makes you feel the need... the need for speed.
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.